How to reach Lesvos
Lesvos is not a main tourist destination; therefore there are relative few direct charter flights from EU countries. You can of course always come via Athens or Thessalonica. Aegean/Olympic as members of Star Alliance can be combined with companies like British Airways or Lufthansa and your baggage is checked through to Mytilini (MJT), your final destination.
You can of course use low-cost companies like EasyJet and Ryanair. In this case you often fly with handbag only and then you can also use smaller Greek companies like Astra or Skyexpress for your Mytilini flight.
If you wish to check flight possibilities on-line we suggest Skyscanner.
Below we give you an idea how the situation was with direct flights from Europe in 2019. Obviously, it is impossible to preview flights in 2021...
Un. Kingdom
Jet2 from May to October
every Thurday and Saturday from
Manchester -MAN
every Thursday from
London Stansted
www.jet2.com
Germany
Since Germania bankrupted no direct flights have been announced yet.
The easiest for the moment is to try Aegean via Athens from/to Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Berlin, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart.
Also via Viena on Saturday with Eurowings, from and back to Dusseldorf and to Cologne-Bonn. Also but only for your way back from Mytilini to Stuttgart and to Hannover.
and of course....
If that " kommt Ihnen Spanisch vor" contact Vamos-Reisen: a relative small travel company based in Hanover with lovely people ready to help you.
Austria
Eurowings every Saturday from May to October Vienna -VIE
They fly afternoon at 17:10 from Vienna, which is suitable coming to Lesvos if you travel from North Germany like Berlin and Hamburg and getting a correspondence.
Belgium
Direct from Brussels every Friday from 4 May - 28 September with TuiFly.
Holland
Coredon on Monday and Thursday from Amsterdam, starting the 29th April 2019. https://www.corendon.com/en-EN/
Norway
last years was on Sunday but schedule for 2019 not announced yet (jan. 2019)
Turkey
The nearest airport is Izmir. In 2018 a Turkish company has scheduled a very small plane coming to Lesvos 3 times/week. Alternatively you can take a bus to Ayvalik and then the ferry to Mytilini. This might oblige you an overnight in Izmir, Ayvalik or even better at Pergamon.
Use the ferry
There are everyday ferries from Athens/Piraeus.
“Hellenic Seaways” / “Blue Star Ferries” schedule daily overnight ferries. Trip needs 11 hours via Chios Island to reach Lesvos. Trip costs about €70 with bed in cabin with the advantage that you don't pay a hotel for that night.
